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Radical Dutch politician’s visit to London causes revolts
Published: 06 March, 2010, 01:50
Edited: 10 March, 2010, 14:02
Members of the English Defence League stage a demonstration in support of Dutch MP Geert Wilders on March 5, 2010
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The visit of radical anti-Muslim Dutch politician Geert Wilders to the UK, who brought his controversial movie with him, has caused rallies in the center of London against the visit.
calls The Koran a “fascist book,” and was posted on the internet in 2008. It sparked widespread outrage, and not just in the Islamic world.
Angry protests occurred in central London and people who gathered there showed very clearly they are against Wilders’ visit to the capital of Great Britain. They accused the Dutch politician of dehumanizing the two millions of Muslims of Britain like the Nazis did to the Jews in Germany. The vast majority of the British Muslims are working people, the protesters pointed out, and they have every right to be treated with decency and respect and not subject to a witch hunt.
This visit of the Dutch politician is being sponsored by the United Kingdom Independence Party. They think it is important that Wilders gets to come to London and show his film. They think that the message of his film is worth seeing.
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Nigel Farage from the United Kingdom Independence Party told RT that he himself is not a fan of Wilders.
“I do not agree with him that in the interest of free speech the Koran should be banned,” Farage said. “I mean that does not make sense to me at all. But I do think Wilders’ coming to London is enormously useful. We have people saying that we must not discuss Islamic radicalization for fear of causing offense. You know, we have seen the events in Madrid, we have seen the events in America, we have seen the events with the London Tube bombings – there is a problem with radicalization and it does need to be discussed,” argued Farage.
Wilders’ star is on the rise in The Netherlands. His right wing Freedom Party recently gained quite a significant victory in the local elections, which is a good indicator of what will happen in the national elections, which are not so far away. So that he came to London to spread his message is a significant event, and the violent reaction it caused is the additional confirmation of this fact.
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"You will then find that it certainly does not promote, or even condone, hate towards any religions. It even specifically instructs followers of Islam to leave the followers of other religions alone (as long as they leave you alone) and not to waste time and energy arguing with them." --"Bob" Bob is either ignorant or a liar. Qur'an 9:5 "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." Qur'an 9:25 "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." Yes, it says not to waste energy talking to them. Because it says to kill them and enslave them, instead.
As usual, RT's stories are shaded with obvious bias and completely miss the mark. 1. Geert Wilders is not "anti-Muslim." He is anti-Islam. 2. Most of the protesters protested in SUPPORT of Geert Wilders, not against him. The English Defence League, a non-racist, politically neutral group of Englishmen and women of all colours, drew roughly 300-400 people in support of Wilders, versus 100-200 people from the so-called United Against Fascism group. The UAFers use violence and intimidation tactics. The UAFers also carry Soviet flags--yet they supposedly are against fascism, which is exactly the same as what the Soviets practised. 3. Wilders is not a "racist" and nobody has ever once been able to point out anything "racist" that he has ever said or done. Islam is a religion and political ideology, NOT a race. "Muslim" is not a race, either. The other commenter, Jonna, cannot point out a single "racist" thing Wilders has done, so he lies outright and says that Muslim is a race. Give me a break.
March 09, 2010, 03:45, Jonas wrote > Yes, it says not to waste energy talking to them. Because it says to kill them and enslave them, instead. Ohh man, The topic has been beaten to death everywhere but people keep coming with these arguments. If you missed years of discussions I can sum it up for you: 1.Religion is religion. It has nothing to do with politics. If politicians bring religion into politics this is fault of politicians not religion. Humiliating beliefs you humiliate entire nation. And this is a point where the real hate starts. 2.Quoting Quran is useless because in the Bible you will find even more hate messages: like for instances Exodus 22:20: "He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed." 3. The Islam is no better and no worse than any other religion 4.Muslims are ordinary citizens. If they violate the law they must be punished. If they obey the law there is nothing special about them.